Ksar Chellala in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Ksar Chellala in context

1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1.42.12.83.5<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ksar ChellalaTiaret (Region)Algeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Ksar Chellala plotted against Tiaret and Algeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Ksar Chellala's incremental SNDi rose from 1.49 to 1.85 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Ksar Chellala ranked 2nd out of 4 cities in Tiaret and 19th out of 109 in Algeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
1.85
Rank in Algeria
33rd of 109
Rank in Tiaret
2nd of 4

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
1.45
Rank in Algeria
19th of 109
Rank in Tiaret
2nd of 4

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
1234<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
Ksar ChellalaCacoalUdung Uko

In new street additions, Ksar Chellala fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Cacoal built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Udung Uko built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend.